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() the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, has but one sound (that of k), and is always followed by u, the two letters together being sounded like kw, except in some words in which the u is silent. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 249. Q is not found in Anglo-Saxon, cw being used instead of qu; as in cwic, quick; cwen, queen. The name (k/) is from the French ku, which is from the Latin name of the same letter; its form is from the Latin, which derived it, through a Greek alphabet, from the Ph/nician, the ultimate origin being Egyptian.


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  • () the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, has but one sound (that of k), and is always followed by u, the two letters together being sounded like kw, except in some words in which the u is silent. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 249. Q is not found in Anglo-Saxon, cw being used instead of qu; as in cwic, quick; cwen, queen. The name (k/) is from the French ku, which is from the Latin name of the same letter; its form is from the Latin, which derived it, through a Greek alphabet, from the Ph/nician, the ultimate origin being Egyptian.

Q - 642 Partial Matches Found (Page 7 of 8)

Quintessence Quintessential Quintet Quintette Quintic
Quintile Quintilllion Quintin Quintine Quintole
Quintuple Quintuple-ribbed Quintupled Quintupling Quinzaine
Quinze Quip Quipo Quipped Quipping
Quipu Quipus Quirboilly Quire Quirister
Quiritation Quirite Quirites Quirk Quirked
Quirkish Quirky Quirl Quirpele Quirt
Quish Quit Quitch Quitclaim Quitclaimed
Quitclaiming Quite Quitly Quitrent Quits
Quittable Quittal Quittance Quitted Quitter
Quitting Quittor Quittuple-nerved Quitture Quiver
Quivered Quivering Quiveringly Quixotic Quixotically
Quixotism Quixotry Quiz Quizzed Quizzer
Quizzical Quizzing Quizzism Quo Quob
Quod Quoddies Quodlibet Quodlibetarian Quodlibetical
Quoif Quoifffure Quoil Quoin Quoit
Quoke Quoll Quondam Quook Quop
Quorum Quota Quotable Quotation Quotationist
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